
Small tips and tricks for more effective use of FileRunner

So far I've only thought of two... :-) 


1. When surfing the web with Netscape which has a really lousy file
download function (always drops download after 90% without saying a
word) use FileRunner instead like this: Point to the link in Netscape
and choose "Copy Link to ClipBoard", then right-click on one of the
directory entries in FileRunner and paste the link into the entry,
edit it, and then hit return. When the directory comes up, get the
file with FileRunner instead. This is really fast and very
useful. This can now also be done for HTTP downloads, choose
"Etc->HTTP Download...".


2. If you want to have the middle buttons in different colors there
aren't really any support in FileRunner but you can do it anyway since
this is X11... :-) You need to change your X11 resources database. The
middle buttons in FileRunner are called

fr.fupper.fmiddle.1
fr.fupper.fmiddle.2
fr.fupper.fmiddle.3
and so on 

and the fr.fupper.fmiddle.1 is the top button (Copy).

So if you want the background for the Copy button to be red you enter
this into the .Xdefaults file (or similar):

fr.fupper.fmiddle.1.background: red

And restart FileRunner (after merging the newly added resource with
for example xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults).
